A recent CDC study has found a correlation between sufferers (or even suspected sufferers) of OSA and depression. Sleep is important to day to day function, and inversely, a lack of sleep can impede a person's health in many ways.

What are the medical conditions that are considered sleep apnea causes? Let us take a look at what sleep apnea is all about. Sleep apnea is a serious sleeping disorder that adversely affects the lives of millions. Let's review some background on what this sleep disorder is all about.

Inside the United States alone, it really is estimated that approximately 60 - 80 million individuals have some type of sleep disorder. This number continues to rise. Many of the factors for the increasing numbers are the aging of the American population, the alter in our way of life as well as the obesity epidemic. Of course there are actually other aspects that could lead to a sleep disorder, which include, tension, shift work, illness or genetics.

Sleep is critically important to healthy living, yet up to 70 million Americans suffer from common sleep disorders. Sleep disorders can be very complex; there are approximately 80 different medically established sleep disorders. In this article we'll discuss 3 of the most common of these disorders.

It's suspected that for patients with systolic heart failure, roughly 40-50% have complex sleep apnea.